Hamper



Jan. 12, 1954 Filed May 5. 1949 H. WEINTRAUB ErAL 2,665,842

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Patented Jan. 12,1954

HAMPER Herman Weintraub, Cedarhurst, and Carl Fuerst, Bronx, N. Y., assignors to Gleitsmans, Inc., Long Island City, N. Y., a corporation of 'New York Application May 5 1949, Serial No. 191,456

2 Claims. l This l,invention relates to clothes hampers or the like.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a clothes hamper of a type which may which, in 4the closed position of the hamper. is normally .closed by the support on which the hamper 'is suspended in order that the latter may .retain `its contents ofr dirty clothes, for inl permanently be suspended on any suitable up- 5 Stance.' Thejhamperfl is., :in the presentk inright support, such as a door, for instance, and Stance, Shown `hmgedly Suspended ai? its "00P 0n from which the contents maybe-removed without a 'Swinging door 2 through intermediation 0f having to handle the latter. suitable brackets I4. y

YIt is a more specific object of the present in- The Open'back hamper .10, which may :be 0f vention to provide a Clothes hamper of this type 10 any suitable construction, is also open at rthe which has an open back and is normally closed top andompses, in the prasent nstame closed thereat .by the Support on which t is so hngedly front, side and bottom walls IB, I8 and vMl, 'remounted -with its top as to require mere outward spectwely- The Open top of the hamper 'may swinging of the hamper at its closed bottom -in normally be,10sed by a hmged @Over 22- 'The order to permit the contents to drop by gravity 1i' from and 51de ,Walls 's and f3 0f. the hamper through the open back thereo may, as shown 1n the present instancenbe made It lis another object of thev present invention of preferably fibrous fwlcker 'Wqrk Whlch 'is m to provide a clothes hamper of this type which any sulta'ble manner secured Wlth lts mafgms will automatically become latched in either open m 'a' skeleton' frame 26 that may 'cnvemeltly or closed posit-ion, and which will be released in 2'" be made from 51de channels. 28 and connectmg either position on simple manipulation thereof. top and bottom channels 30' The bttom. Wan vIt is another object of the present invention 2 of the hamper 'o may be of any mutable Sqhd to provide a clothes hamper of this type which mammal such as bre board' fm.' Instance' Whlch will become latched in its closed position more may convemently be secmled m place by the firmly-the heavier its contents is, and which will 25 nvarly turned flange 32 "I the bottom. Channel be released in its open vposition with Asuch ease "o (Fllg 3)' 'I'.helcover 22 may be hmged. on as to require to that end a mere push against the a' rod 34 on Whlch the hamper Itself 1s preferf bottom thereof. ablysuspended by .means of hooks 36 whlch are It is another object of the present invention to earned m any suttable manner by the upper construct the hamper Simply, yet sturdy, and 30 endsof the side channels 28. For-the suspension so that it `readily lends itself to ecient and inof the hamper m in the door .2 the 'Opposlte expensive mass production ends o f the rod 34 are mounted inthe brackets 'The above and other objects, lfeatures and M which are m turn suitably mounted at .4u advantages ofthe present iinvention will be more on the door '2' Mote 'partlcular'ly the @ppl-5.1m fully understood from the following description 35 ends of thgrod ,34 extend for a Lreason hfeemf considered in connection with the accompanying after fiescnbed through elongated slots 4.2 m the illustrative drawingsopposlte brackets I il, respectively. .In lthe closed In the drawings: pos1t-1on'of the hamper as shown vm Flgs. 1 and` Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a clothes `hamper 3 the opetl'back 44 thereof. 1S 'Closed by the. door embodying the present invention; v m` l2 on which the hamper 1s suspended, sc that Fig. 2 is another perspective view of the' the contents Wm no esape 'therefrm- L" 1 1 hamper, shown in position for the removal of the In 01' de? that-the hamper *5 may not SW1v contents therefrom: openv when packinghclothes therein or whenthe Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged fragmentary sections door. 1S sYimg pl'ovlslons ae made. t0 latchwth@ taken on the lines 3 3 and '1 -4, respectively, hamper m its Close@ 'posltlon 'agamfst Openmg of Figs. 1 and 2,'respeetively; To this lend, there 1s rotatably carried, prefer- Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged fragmentary secably on each end of the rod 31%, arlink larm v65- which tions taken on the lines 5 5 and 6-6, respecis also connected with `the adjacent side channel tively, of Figs. 1 and 2, respectively; 28 as by a rivet 48, for instance. Each link arm Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken 5f; 46 carries intermediate its ends a pin 5t which on the une 7 7] of Fig, 5; projects into a slot 52 in the adjacent mounting, Fig,..8 is a section similar to Fig. 6, showing bracket I4 (Fig. .5).A The slot 52 in .eachmount a modification of the hamper; and ing bracket yUi is so .designed .as to cooperate with Fig. 9 is a section similar to Fig. 5, showing the pin 5 0on the adjacent link arm 46 .in latcha further modication of the hamper. 3:, ing the hamper l0 not only in its closed position Referring to the drawings, and more particu- (Fig- 1), .bull 1.15.0 1D .lf/S 013911 DOSOII (Fig. 2)- larly to Figs. 1 to 4thereof, the reference numeral To .this end, each vslot 52 is kprovided with down-f In designates a hamper which is hingedly suswardly ,directed .lends 5@ and 56, of which .the pended on any suitable upright Support, and Slot .end 54.15 lnclmed to the door l2 so as to have which is characterized by .having an open back ou a cam action on the pm 5c of the adjacent ling;

hamper in its open position (Fig. 6). Thus, inl

order to release the hamper in either of its posil tions from interlatch with the mounting brackets i4, the former will have to be raised in order to bring the pins 50 of the link arms 4E into alignment with the median portions 60 of the slots 52, as will be readily understood. Lifting of the hamper l to this end is permitted due to the provision of the elongated slots 42 inthe mounting brackets i4 in which the respective ends of the rod 34 act as floating pivots for the hamper. The outer ends of the rod 34 are preferably threaded to receive nuts 51, respectively, in order toprevent axial removal of the rod 34 from the mounting brackets I4.

Preferably, the end 56 of each slot 52 extends l substantially parallel to the adjacent link arm 48 in the open position, of the hamper (Fig. 6), so as to facilitate the release of the hamper in its open position, preferably to the extent where a thrust against the bottom end thereof, as occasioned, for instance, when the open hamper hits against some obstacle on swinging the door, closes the hamper.

Fig. 8 shows a modification of the hamper, de-

signed to latch the hamper in its closed position only. To this end, the slots 52 in the mounting brackets I4 are formed with the inclined ends 55 only, as will be readily understood.

Fig. 9 shows a further modification in which the hamper lll is non-iloatingly hinged with its rodr34 in any conventional mounting brackets 10, and the bottom of the hamper is, in the present instance, provided with a projection 12 which cooperates with a latch spring 'I4 on the door l2 in releasably latching the hamper in its closed position. As in the case of the modified hamper shown in Fig. 8, no provisions are made for latching the instant modied hamper in its open position.

In use, dirty clothes are dropped into either one of the hampers shown when in their closed position. To remove the collected clothes from thehamper, the latter is swung into its open position as previously described, whereupon the clothes will drop through the open back of the hamper onto the floor or into a container, such as a basket, placed underneath thehamper.

In suspending the hamper on any suitable upright support, the former requires no floor space and is, therefore, particularly well suited for installation in small or crowded living quarters. Further, in suspending the hamper on a door, the former occupies a space which for obvious reasons is never used for other furnishings that require floor space, wherefore the installation of the hamper will never raise any problem even under most adverse space conditions.

While we have shown and described the preferred embodiments of our invention, it will be understood that various changes may be made in the present invention without departing from the underlying idea or principles of the invention within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we cllmand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l f .hamper for installation on any existing v't support such as a door, said hamper cornprisingan open-back and closed-bottom receptaclehaving remote from said bottom an opening other than said open back for the introduction into the hampervof the contents thereof, said receptacle being devoid of any cover provisions on the hamper for said open back,`brackets on the opposite sides, respectivelyand adjacent the top of said receptacle, said brackets being mountable on said upright support and having an elongated slot and a cam slot in spaced relation, said latter slot having downwardly directed inclined ends, pin means carried by said receptacle and positioned in said cam slot, mounting provisions carried by said receptacle and extending through said elongated slots, said brackets iioatingly hingedly carrying said receptacle for bodily movement in a plane parallel to said upright support and for swinging movement from a normal position in whichf its open back is closed by said upright support into a forward position in which its open-back is spaced from said upright support through the cooperative association of said mounting provisions and said elongated slots, said pin means being adapted to be received in one of said cam slot inclined ends for latching said receptacle in said normalV position and said pin means being adapted to be received in the other one of said cani slot inclined ends for latching said receptacle in said forward position.-

2. A hamper for installation on any existing upright support such as a door, said hamper comprising an open-back and closed-bottom receptacle having remote from said bottom an opening other than said open back for the introduction into the hamper of the contents thereof, said receptacle being devoid of any cover provisions on the hamper for said open back, brackets on the opposite sides, respectively, and adjacent the top of said receptacle, said brackets being mountable on said upright support and each of said brackets having an elongated slot, mounting provisions carried by said receptacle and extending through said elongated slots, said brackets floatingly hingedly carrying said receptacle for bodily movement in a plane parallel to said upright support and for swinging movement from a normal position in which its open back is closed by said upright support into a forward position in which its open back is spaced from said upright support through the cooperative association of said mounting provisions and said elongated slots, and means for latching said receptacle in said normal and forward positions, said means comprising pin means carried by said receptacle, at least one of said brackets having a cam slot spaced from said elongated slot, said cam slot having downwardly directed inclined ends, said pin means being positioned in said cam slot and adapted to be received in one of said cam slot inclined ends for latching said receptacle in said normal position and in the other one of said cam slot inclined ends forlocking said receptacle in said forward position.

HERMAN WEINTRAUB. CARL FUERST.

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